Auguste-Maurice Barrès (; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in the
French literature with the release of his work
The Cult of the Self in 1888. In politics, he was first elected to the
Chamber of Deputies in 1889 as a
Boulangist and would play a prominent political role for the rest of his life.